Departmental Pay

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what total cost.

Shaun Woodward: The Northern Ireland Office operates three bonus schemes—special bonuses (to reward particularly meritorious contributions during the year), an end of year bonus for staff below the senior civil service (SCS) (to reward performance and delivery throughout the year), and a bonus scheme for SCS staff which is an integral part of the pay arrangements in operation in all Whitehall and Northern Ireland Departments. Figures are set out in the following table.
	
		
			   Special bonuses 2007-08 (paid 2007-08)  End year bonuses 2007-08 (paid 2008-09) 
			 Number of staff 697 409 
			 Total (£) 188,350 609,875

Dorneywood

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 19 June 2008,  Official Report, column 1187W, on Dorneywood: official hospitality, what use his Department has made of Dorneywood for official engagements in the last 12 months.

Shaun Woodward: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 20 October 2008,  Official Report, columns 90-91W, by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Mr. Watson).

Departmental Official Cars

Greg Hands: To ask the Solicitor-General what makes and models of Ministerial cars are available to the Law Officers.

Vera Baird: I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 10 March 2008,  Official Report, column 8W, given by the parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (Mr. Fitzpatrick) to the hon. Member for Houghton and Washington, East (Mr. Kemp).

Departmental Recruitment

Lee Scott: To ask the Solicitor-General how many vacant posts in  (a) the Attorney-General's Office and  (b) its agencies were advertised in each of the last three years; and at what cost.

Vera Baird: The following tables show the number of vacant posts advertised by the Attorney-General's Office and its agencies:
	
		
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			   Number of posts  Cost (£)  Number of posts  Cost (£)  Number of posts  Cost (£) 
			 Attorney-General's Office 6 (1)30,788 1 (2)29,288 5 (3)107,893 
			 Treasury Solicitor's Department 85 (1)— 154 (2)— — (3)— 
			 Serious Fraud Office 21 42,236.03 39 51,259.07 43 139,667.97 
			 HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate 16 29,872.00 18 36,118.24 6 38,666.85 
		
	
	
		
			   2006  2007  2008 to date 
			   Number of posts  Cost (£)  Number of posts  Cost (£)  Number of posts  Cost (£) 
			 Crown Prosecution Service 121 442,267 90 326,960 88 322,504 
			 Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office 67 21,161 33 45,931 40 60,576 
			  Note: The Departments runs general recruitment campaigns from time to time, for which the number of posts advertised is not always specified. These campaigns have been reflected in the above information where the figures are available.